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Daily |p Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVI, No. 80 _Los Angeles, Californio___Thursday, February 28, 1974
BEFORE AND AFTER—Students assembled in force early Wednesday morning to get tickets for the March 9 USC-UCLA basketball game. Hours later only benches, tables and debris were left as students drifted back to their normal routines.
A spokesman for the Trojan Knights, the student organization that kept order during the ticket distribution, said that despite the massive gathering, all went well.
DT photos by Audrey Chan and Bob Chavez.
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Broadcasters to participate in television news panel
“What’s New^in Television News“ will be the topic of a panel discussion featuring three local newscasters Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.
Joseph Benti, anchorman for the KNXT (Channel 2) Newsroom; Clete Roberts, newsman for KTLA (Channel 5); and Christine Lund of KABC (Channel 7) Eyewitness News will be joined on the panel by Charles Riley, news director of KTTV (Channel 11).
The panel will talk about changes and developments that television news is undergoing. The audience will be able to ask questions.
There will be no admission charge, and the public is invited.
The event is sponsored by the campus chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.
V____J
MEETING TONIGHT
Programs board to elect officers
The recently appointed Student Programming Board will hold its second meeting tonight at 9 in Student Union 307 to elect officers.
The board will also discuss matters relating to the Student Travel Bureau and Stonecloud, the multi-campus literary magazine.
Randy Zomar, assistant director of the Student Activities Office, will present a report on the backlog of budget requests. •
Zomar said at last week’s meeting that a large number of groups had requested time to appear before the board.
At that meeting approval was given for this semester’s Festival of the Arts. Zomar said that because the festival committee needed a quick
answer, immediate attention was given to their request.
He also said that the board has acquired office space in Student Union 309, 309A and 306 from the Student Activities Office.
Arturo Abarca, the board’s interim chairman, said that the board has a great deal of work to catch up on before it can begin planning the budget for next fall since there was no programming board last semester.
Zomar said that because some of the board members have previously served on the board, it should function smoothly.
“I’m confident that the student board will be able to handle the things that come before it in a systematic fashion,” he said.
Farm workers’ lawyer calls for change through existing means
Candidate sees minority issue as challenging
BY SHERRY STERN
Assistant Campus Editor
“The only way to bring attention to issues is by utilizing the forces that are present in the political and social system to your benefit,” Art Torres, farm workers’ lawyer, told Urban Semester students yesterday.
Torres is legal counsel to Cesar Chavez of the Farm Workers of America (formerly the United Farm Workers Union) and is running for a legislative seat in the state assembly in an East Los Angeles district.
When a group such as the farm workers needs to lobby for or against a bill, it must use means like picketing a legislator’s office since it doesn’t have the money to contribute to political campaigns, Torres said.
After a picket line is used and if the legislator still doesn’t respond to the issues, Torres said the farm workers then will conduct a nonviolent sit-in until the legislator realizes that the workers are concerned.
Torres further explained the tactics used by the union. An example he used was the problems the workers faced with pesticide control.
When the union met with a committee for environmental control, they held the meeting in
The challenge of the 70s is to confront the problems of minorities, Herman Sillas, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, said here Wednesday.
Speaking to a political science class, Sillas said that his goal is to make the office of secretary of state more responsive to the people’s needs by using the office as a link to the government offices not responding to the cultural needs of minorities.
“California is developing into a multicultural society at a faster rate than anywhere else in the United States,” Sillas said. “The challenge is, how do we deal with this without going back to the melting pot?”
Sillas compared the United States to a refrigerator full of vegetables.
“The door gets opened and the potato gets taken out,” he said, using the potato as a symbol of the Anglo-Saxon majority.
“The other vegetables say ‘Hey! How come you always get taken out?’
“ The potato says, ‘Cause I’m a potato!’
“ ‘How do I get taken out?’
“ ‘You gotta be a potato.’ ”
In addition to the identity crisis, minorities also face what Sillas calls the “big lie.”
He explained this concept by saying that minority children are constantly told they can be President of the United States. This is totally unrealistic, Sillas said.
He also said that there has to be a discovery of the “big lie.” As long as minorities remain dependent on work in factories without, representation, he said, there will be no discovery.
Sillas also said that “the bicul-tural person is constantly shifting gears to another culture.” He compared the American and Mexican businessman to illustrate this constant shifting. Sillas explained that the Mexican businessman must know how to communicate in both the American and Mexican ways-—he must communicate with both sides.
After the “big lie” and identity crisis are over, Sillas said, the problems of education and em-
ployment will surface. These problems, he explained, lead to the arena of politics.
Sillas described politics as the power to affect the lives of other people. But people don’t care and will never surrender any of their power, he said.
Sillas also said that “politics is the art of dealing with each other without killing each other.”
He added that many problems exist within the state, including the campaign disclosures covered in the political reform initiative which will be placed on the June ballot.
Sillas also said that he advocates listing total contributions received by each candidate, the amount spent on campaigning, the number of persons contributing campaign funds and a list of those donating more than $500, on the ballot.
DT photo by Michael Sedono
HERMAN SILLAS
“The selling of a candidate is no longer acceptable because the people don’t want to buy,” he said. “We’re in a new area of ethics in politics—I think the candidate is going to win.”
In referring to the sweeping advertising campaigns used to “sell a candidate,” Sillas said: “I just can’t see a Republican winning.”
He said that the candidate who gets through the Democratic primary will be elected.
“I am convinced I can do the job,” Sillas said. “And I am convinced I can win.”
the symptoms were diagnosed as the flu.
Torres said the agriculture commissioner of the area in Imperial County didn’t know what the content of the lettuce was because it took two weeks for the test results to come back from the laboratories. The tests determined the amount of pesticide residue in the lettuce.
During the two weeks, the workers had to continue picking the lettuce, which in turn was being sold to supermarkets throughout the state.
As a result of holding the committee meeting in the field, the union got the agricultural commissioner to speed up the lab tests and the lettuce in the supermarkets was confiscated.
“The farm workers were being denied the protection ofthe law in terms of the issue of the excess of pesticide spraying, but more importantly they were being denied even the right to scream about having the law being enforced in their situation,” Torres said.
DT photo by Bob Chovez
ART TORRES
“So when you are faced with a situation in the terms of utilizing the political process, .. . then you begin to see there are power and ways to utilize that power without financial resources.”
a lettuce field so attention could be brought to the members that the agencies were not doing their jobs and enforcing the laws.
The workers had become aware of the fact that an excess of pesticides was being used on the lettuce. Effects from picking the lettuce, such as deterioration of fingernails, formation of rashes, sinus pain and sometimes pupil dilation hit the workers.
When they went to see doctors,

Daily |p Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVI, No. 80 _Los Angeles, Californio___Thursday, February 28, 1974
BEFORE AND AFTER—Students assembled in force early Wednesday morning to get tickets for the March 9 USC-UCLA basketball game. Hours later only benches, tables and debris were left as students drifted back to their normal routines.
A spokesman for the Trojan Knights, the student organization that kept order during the ticket distribution, said that despite the massive gathering, all went well.
DT photos by Audrey Chan and Bob Chavez.
-N
Broadcasters to participate in television news panel
“What’s New^in Television News“ will be the topic of a panel discussion featuring three local newscasters Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.
Joseph Benti, anchorman for the KNXT (Channel 2) Newsroom; Clete Roberts, newsman for KTLA (Channel 5); and Christine Lund of KABC (Channel 7) Eyewitness News will be joined on the panel by Charles Riley, news director of KTTV (Channel 11).
The panel will talk about changes and developments that television news is undergoing. The audience will be able to ask questions.
There will be no admission charge, and the public is invited.
The event is sponsored by the campus chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.
V____J
MEETING TONIGHT
Programs board to elect officers
The recently appointed Student Programming Board will hold its second meeting tonight at 9 in Student Union 307 to elect officers.
The board will also discuss matters relating to the Student Travel Bureau and Stonecloud, the multi-campus literary magazine.
Randy Zomar, assistant director of the Student Activities Office, will present a report on the backlog of budget requests. •
Zomar said at last week’s meeting that a large number of groups had requested time to appear before the board.
At that meeting approval was given for this semester’s Festival of the Arts. Zomar said that because the festival committee needed a quick
answer, immediate attention was given to their request.
He also said that the board has acquired office space in Student Union 309, 309A and 306 from the Student Activities Office.
Arturo Abarca, the board’s interim chairman, said that the board has a great deal of work to catch up on before it can begin planning the budget for next fall since there was no programming board last semester.
Zomar said that because some of the board members have previously served on the board, it should function smoothly.
“I’m confident that the student board will be able to handle the things that come before it in a systematic fashion,” he said.
Farm workers’ lawyer calls for change through existing means
Candidate sees minority issue as challenging
BY SHERRY STERN
Assistant Campus Editor
“The only way to bring attention to issues is by utilizing the forces that are present in the political and social system to your benefit,” Art Torres, farm workers’ lawyer, told Urban Semester students yesterday.
Torres is legal counsel to Cesar Chavez of the Farm Workers of America (formerly the United Farm Workers Union) and is running for a legislative seat in the state assembly in an East Los Angeles district.
When a group such as the farm workers needs to lobby for or against a bill, it must use means like picketing a legislator’s office since it doesn’t have the money to contribute to political campaigns, Torres said.
After a picket line is used and if the legislator still doesn’t respond to the issues, Torres said the farm workers then will conduct a nonviolent sit-in until the legislator realizes that the workers are concerned.
Torres further explained the tactics used by the union. An example he used was the problems the workers faced with pesticide control.
When the union met with a committee for environmental control, they held the meeting in
The challenge of the 70s is to confront the problems of minorities, Herman Sillas, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, said here Wednesday.
Speaking to a political science class, Sillas said that his goal is to make the office of secretary of state more responsive to the people’s needs by using the office as a link to the government offices not responding to the cultural needs of minorities.
“California is developing into a multicultural society at a faster rate than anywhere else in the United States,” Sillas said. “The challenge is, how do we deal with this without going back to the melting pot?”
Sillas compared the United States to a refrigerator full of vegetables.
“The door gets opened and the potato gets taken out,” he said, using the potato as a symbol of the Anglo-Saxon majority.
“The other vegetables say ‘Hey! How come you always get taken out?’
“ The potato says, ‘Cause I’m a potato!’
“ ‘How do I get taken out?’
“ ‘You gotta be a potato.’ ”
In addition to the identity crisis, minorities also face what Sillas calls the “big lie.”
He explained this concept by saying that minority children are constantly told they can be President of the United States. This is totally unrealistic, Sillas said.
He also said that there has to be a discovery of the “big lie.” As long as minorities remain dependent on work in factories without, representation, he said, there will be no discovery.
Sillas also said that “the bicul-tural person is constantly shifting gears to another culture.” He compared the American and Mexican businessman to illustrate this constant shifting. Sillas explained that the Mexican businessman must know how to communicate in both the American and Mexican ways-—he must communicate with both sides.
After the “big lie” and identity crisis are over, Sillas said, the problems of education and em-
ployment will surface. These problems, he explained, lead to the arena of politics.
Sillas described politics as the power to affect the lives of other people. But people don’t care and will never surrender any of their power, he said.
Sillas also said that “politics is the art of dealing with each other without killing each other.”
He added that many problems exist within the state, including the campaign disclosures covered in the political reform initiative which will be placed on the June ballot.
Sillas also said that he advocates listing total contributions received by each candidate, the amount spent on campaigning, the number of persons contributing campaign funds and a list of those donating more than $500, on the ballot.
DT photo by Michael Sedono
HERMAN SILLAS
“The selling of a candidate is no longer acceptable because the people don’t want to buy,” he said. “We’re in a new area of ethics in politics—I think the candidate is going to win.”
In referring to the sweeping advertising campaigns used to “sell a candidate,” Sillas said: “I just can’t see a Republican winning.”
He said that the candidate who gets through the Democratic primary will be elected.
“I am convinced I can do the job,” Sillas said. “And I am convinced I can win.”
the symptoms were diagnosed as the flu.
Torres said the agriculture commissioner of the area in Imperial County didn’t know what the content of the lettuce was because it took two weeks for the test results to come back from the laboratories. The tests determined the amount of pesticide residue in the lettuce.
During the two weeks, the workers had to continue picking the lettuce, which in turn was being sold to supermarkets throughout the state.
As a result of holding the committee meeting in the field, the union got the agricultural commissioner to speed up the lab tests and the lettuce in the supermarkets was confiscated.
“The farm workers were being denied the protection ofthe law in terms of the issue of the excess of pesticide spraying, but more importantly they were being denied even the right to scream about having the law being enforced in their situation,” Torres said.
DT photo by Bob Chovez
ART TORRES
“So when you are faced with a situation in the terms of utilizing the political process, .. . then you begin to see there are power and ways to utilize that power without financial resources.”
a lettuce field so attention could be brought to the members that the agencies were not doing their jobs and enforcing the laws.
The workers had become aware of the fact that an excess of pesticides was being used on the lettuce. Effects from picking the lettuce, such as deterioration of fingernails, formation of rashes, sinus pain and sometimes pupil dilation hit the workers.
When they went to see doctors,